Portable water-heater



(No Model.)

G. RQTYLER. I PORTABLE WATER HEATER. No. 601,452. Patented Mar. 29,1898.-

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PORTABLE WATER-H EATER SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,452, dated March 29, 1898. Application filed December 1, 1897. $erlal No. 660,370. (No model.)

Toalll whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES RACINE TY- LER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Water- Heaters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This'invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in that class of portable heating devices which are especially adapted for the rapid heating of water to take the chill oif and thereby increase the natural temperature of water designed for bathing purposes. Devices of this character are of the utmost convenience in dwellings where there is no system of hot-water pipes and no stationary stand-boiler connected with the kitchen-range or other form of permanent heater, and they save heating the water by a separate boiler and transporting it from said boiler to the bath-tub, which latter fixture is usually situated one or two stories distant from the place where the wateris first heated.

The present arrangement has for its object the rapid and convenient heating of the Water at a point just above the bath-tub, and

the water-receptacle is so constructed that its entire contents may be almost instantly deposited into the bath-tub, thereby utilizing all of the heat from the water and preventing a large part of the heat passing off, which occurs where the water is allowed to run from the boiler to the tub in a small stream, as from a faucet.

My invention consists, essentially, of the combination of a heater with burners and an open center and a boiler or water-receptacle to be removably supported thereon and having an opening of large area to be controlled by a substantially water-tight slide or gate, whereby upon heating the water and withdrawing the slide or gate the entire contents of the boiler, which is normally supported upon the rail of the bath-tub, may be discharged bodily into the tub beneath.

My invention also consists of the parts and the constructions and combinations of parts which I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective View of a portable water-heater embodying my invention. Flg.

2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line m m of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the burner-frame. Fig. 5 is a view of the adjustable support. Fig. 6 is a detail to be referred to.

In the said drawings I illustrate a preferred form of heater designed for burning gas; but other forms maybe substituted and any of the well-known forms'of vapors used without departing from the scope of the invention. Whatever the form of heater and the character of vapor or fuel used the said heater will have its frame or stand A con.- structed with an opening a, of large area, placed centrally between suitable burners B (herein shown) for the consumption of gas from a house service-pipe in the usual manner.

' In connection with this heater I employ a boiler or water-receptacle Cto be detachably seated on the burner frame or stand and having, preferably, a depressed portion or bottom extension 0, adapted to it into the central opening a of the burner frame or stand. The general shape of the burner frame or stand and boiler is preferably oblong, and the bottom of the boiler substantially corresponds -with the outline of the-frame or stand. With such an arrangement the depressed bottom portion of the boiler will find a steady seat in the open center of the burner frame or stand and will be protected from accidental displacement or tilting over, and the burners B will be located just under the bottom of the boiler, one on each side of the depressed central portion thereof, whereby their flame-jets will quickly heat the bottom and adjacent verti-- slide or gate may have its edges slidable in grooves or channels 6, formed in the walls of the opening in the bottom of the boiler and of Water.

working against a rubber, asbestos, or other packing to produce a tight joint and to prevent leakage; but the preferred construction is to secure to the under side of the boiler a plate E, having its surface perforated with numerous holes, the said plate forming between itself and the bottom of the boiler a guide or channel, in which the slide or gate works. This plate E will be found of advantage in that itstrengthens the bottom of the boiler and resists the pressure of water on the slide or gate, thereby insuring the slide or gate being kept straight, so as to be easily operated. In connection with these devices I prefer to use a frame for sustaining the burner-frame and boiler on the rail or top edge of the bath-tub. This frame consists of parallel longitudinal and cross bars F F, pivoted together where they cross each other, whereby the parts may be folded into a close space for storage or when not in use. When the bars are opened, the cross-bars F .rest upon the top rail or edge of the bath-tub, and the burner-frame and superposed boiler are placed in position, as shown in Fig. 1. The desired amount of water having been placed in the boiler and the gas or other vapor fuel ignited at the burners the water is quickly heated, and when raised to the desired temperature the slide or gate is pulled out and the whole column of water is allowed to discharge through the bottom opening of the boiler and then directly into the underlying bath-tub, when the heater and its attachments may be removed for subsequent use.

A water-heater of this character is simple and comparatively inexpensive and very effective for rapidly increasing the temperature It takes up but little room for stor age purposes and is not liable to derangement and is always ready for immediate use.

Owing to theportable character of this device it will be manifest that it may be used for heating water for other purposes than the bath. For instance, it will be found useful in summer in heating water for washing clothes and for domestic purposes, as it can be readily placed over the stationary tub and water heater-frame having an open center and burn ers, and a vessel or receptacle to contain water and having a gate-controlled opening in its 7 bottom to be alined with the open center of the heater-frame whereby the contents of the vessel or receptacle may be discharged through the center of the burner-frame to a vessel beneath.

2. A portable water-heater consisting of heater-frame having burners and an intermediate opening of large area, a boiler or vessel to be seated on said frame and having a bottom opening of large area and surrounding depending walls adapted to enter the open center of theheater-frame, and a horizontal slide or gate controlling the bottom opening of the boiler whereby upon withdrawing the slide the contents of the boiler pass through the bottom opening thereof into a vessel beneath.

3. A Water-heating apparatus consisting of a heater-frame provided with burners and a centrally-placed opening of large area, a boiler or receptacle having a central depression in its bottom corresponding with said opening, and provided with an opening of large area, a foraminous plate secured to and separated from the under side of the said depressed portion to form a guide or channel, a horizontal gate or slide fitted to move in said channel or guide, to open and close the bottom opening of the boiler, and an open center expansible and controllable frame or support upon which the heater-frame and superposed boiler may be sustained over an underlying vessel.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. CHARLES RAOINE TYLER.

Witnesses:

JOHN WARDELL, JOHN EVERETT. 

